Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments for the revised edition -- 1. The blue frontier : definition and history of aerospace -- 2. Careers with the airlines -- 3. Airports and airfields -- 4. Engineering research and development -- 5. General aviation -- 6. Government aviation -- 7. Aerospace industries -- 8. Military aerospace -- 9. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) -- 10. Postsecondary aviation programs -- appendix A. Global and major airline corporate addresses -- appendix B. Recommended reading.